US4756633A - Inking ribbon including a sublimable release layer for color transfer under the influence of heat - Google Patents

Inking ribbon including a sublimable release layer for color transfer under the influence of heat Download PDF

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US4756633A
US4756633A US06/087,161 US8716187A US4756633A US 4756633 A US4756633 A US 4756633A US 8716187 A US8716187 A US 8716187A US 4756633 A US4756633 A US 4756633A
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Friedrich-Wilhelm Drees
Hartmut Grethen
Friedrich Hagemeyer
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
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    • B41M5/26—Thermography ; Marking by high energetic means, e.g. laser otherwise than by burning, and characterised by the material used
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    • B41M5/423—Intermediate, backcoat, or covering layers characterised by non-macromolecular compounds, e.g. waxes
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10S428/913—Material designed to be responsive to temperature, light, moisture
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  • the present invention is directed to an inking ribbon for color transfer under the influence of heat, which ribbon comprises a carrier layer supporting a heat-soluble release layer which holds a colored layer to the carrier layer.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,453,839 whose disclosure is incorporated by reference thereto and which was the basis of European published application No. 0 096 740, discloses an inking ribbon which has a carrier layer which is composed of a solid polymer containing the inclusion of electrically conductive carbon black, and this carrier layer is additionally coated with a thin aluminum layer.
  • a release layer composed of an alcane or crystalline polyethylene having a melting temperature of around 108° C. is applied to the carrier layer or, respectively, to the aluminum layer.
  • a colored layer containing a coloring agent and bonding agent adheres to this release layer.
  • electrical current is introduced into the electrically conductive carrier layer via electrodes of a thermal printing head.
  • the current flux leads to a local heating of the carrier layer so that the release layer lying therebelow melts to release the underlying portion of the colored layer, which portion is transferred onto a recording medium, which is usually paper and which is brought into contact with the inking ribbon.
  • the inking ribbon must be separated from the recording medium immediately after color transfer in order to separate the applied portion of color from the melted release layer before this release layer solidifies again and the release portion of color can then adhere to it again.
  • the inking ribbon is drawn away from the recording medium following the printing zone and is drawn away therefrom at a large angle.
  • a step-by-step feed of the recording medium is, therefore, not possible, and this step-by-step feed is usually required particularly when using thermal printing heads, which comprise printing elements that are arranged in series and are driven successively by groups.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an inking ribbon wherein a renewed adhesion of the cooled color to the inking ribbon is impossible following the color transfer onto a recording medium.
  • This object is inventively achieved in that the inking ribbon is an improvement of an inking ribbon comprising a carrier layer, a heat-soluble release layer for holding a colored layer to the carrier layer.
  • the improvements are that the release layer is composed of a sublimable material.
  • the significant advantages of the inking ribbon of the present invention is that the sublimable release layer evaporates in the region of the printing zone, given the local heating of the inking ribbon. Thus, a sticking of the color, which is transferred to the recording medium, back to the inking ribbon is no longer possible, subsequent to this evaporation.
  • a further advantage is that the cooling behavior of the release layer and of the colored layer can be left out of consideration when printing the recording medium. This is different from the known inking ribbons. In particular, it, thus, is no longer necessary to immediately strip the inking ribbon from the recording medium immediately following the printing zone so that the thermal printing heads that are designed only for employment with an inking ribbon without release layer can also be utilized in combination with inking ribbons of the invention.
  • the release layer of the inking ribbon of the invention is preferably sublimable between 50° C. and 90° C. so that the sublimation temperature, on the one hand, lies clearly above the normal ambient temperature and above the operating temperature of the printer. But, on the other hand, the printing temperature required for printing and, thus, the required drive energy for the the printing heads are relatively low.
  • the release layer is composed of either 2-chloroacrylic acid, 5-Nitroquinoline or 2-Chloro-anilin-N-acetate.
  • the release layer which is stable below the sublimation temperature, is not easily water soluble and the colored layer will adhere well to these particular substances.
  • the sublimation temperature lies at about 50° C. through 90° C. and the substance produced by the volatization when heated are not injurious to a person's health.
  • the FIGURE is a cross sectional view through an exemplary embodiment of the inventive inking ribbon with the thermal printing head and a recording medium.
  • the inking ribbon 2 comprises a carrier layer 5, which is composed of polyvinyl and includes electrically conductive particles of carbon black.
  • the carrier layer 5 carries a release layer 6, which, for example, is composed of either 2-chloroacrylic acid, 5-nitroquinoline or 2-chloro-anilin-N-acetate.
  • a coloring layer 7, which contains dyestuffs is bonded in waxes and faces the recording medium 1, and it adheres to the release layer 6.
  • the release layer 6 is sublimable and volatilizes above a sublimation temperature, which is in a range of 50° C. through 90° C.
  • the inking ribbon 2 has its carrier layer 5 in contact with the thermal printing head 3 in the region of a printing zone 8.
  • This thermal printing head 3 comprises a plurality of electrode pairs 9, which are arranged obliquely relative to the plane of the drawing, and whose individual electrodes are separated from one another by an insulating member 10.
  • a voltage is applied between the electrodes of an electrode pair 9, so that a current, indicated by the lines 11, will heat the carrier layer 5 and a portion of the release layer 6 lying therebelow in a punctiform fashion as the current flows through the electrically conductive layer 5 in the region of the printing zone 8.
  • the substances of the release layer 6 will volatilize so that a portion 7a of the ink 7, which portion is pressed against the recording medium 1 by the thermal printing head 3, will remain adhering to the recording medium 1. Due to the lack of the release layer 6 in the region of the released portion 7a, the released ink portion 7a can no longer adhere to the inking ribbon 2 after the printing zone 8 has cooled so that a faultless color transfer onto the recording medium 1 is guaranteed.
  • the inking ribbon of the invention given a non-conductive carrier layer, can also be employed in combination with other heating sources, such as, for example, lasers or thermal printing heads which comprise heating elements.

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